Quote from Shreddog:
RM,
I know you're a big hitter, but basically you are asking for what every piker on this board is asking for - an edge. The only difference is you're offering to pay up to 50K for it as opposed to getting it for free.
Asking to join a firm with some big hitters to get your competitive juices going is one thing. Asking to join a firm where "Whatever those top guys are doing, I'd expect to quickly learn to do it too, and at their level of effectiveness" is asking a whole other thing. Frankly, if I were a top trader at one of these firms I wouldn't want you coming in with your size and skills and diluting my edge. And if they have automated software exploiting these edges, why do they need you?
You've got years of success and experience, why aren't you developing your own new stuff?
Couldn't have said it better myself. Big hitters make their own edges. You aren't one of them.
